Empowered Women, Empowered Leaders Conference

Empowered Women, Empowered Leaders 2025

8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Friday, April 11
Binghamton University Health Sciences Campus in Johnson City, NY 

The Binghamton University Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and SUNY Broome invite everyone to this dynamic, day-long event. This inaugural conference will bring together women leaders, co-conspirators, advocates, university faculty/staff, students and community members to address critical issues such as wage gaps, career advancement, and social empowerment. 

This will be a space where women from all walks of life and intersectional identities can network, learn, and inspire each other to take meaningful steps forward in their personal and professional lives. Attendees will discover effective strategies utilized by leaders in different industries that they can apply to their own work.

The planning committee sincerely thanks our sponsors for supporting this inaugural event! Sponsors include:

  • Binghamton University Partners
    • Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    • Division of Student Affairs
      • Student Affairs Divisional Diversity Initiative (SADDI) Grant
    • Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
    • School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • The Graduate School
    • Center for Civic Engagement
    • Fleishman Career Center
    • Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity
    • Multicultural Resource Center 
    • Q Center 
    • Professional Staff Senate
    • Dining Services/Sodexo Catering Team
  • Batch Coffee
  • Gance's Catering
  • Goodwill Theatre Inc's Schorr Family Firehouse Stage
  • United Way Emerging Leaders Society
  • United University Professions (UUP) DEI Committee

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